Lee Jarvis opened the scoring with a 12th-minute penalty, but it could have been a try had flanker Alfie Mocelutu not spurned
a clear overlap.

Soon after Cardiff's front-row injury problems were compounded as Ken Fourie was carried off the pitch to be replaced by
player-coach Dai Young. Hooker Andrew Lewis was a late withdrawal before kick-off.

Without a set-piece presence for the visitors, the All Blacks' pressure was relentless.

A scrum five was picked up by Neath number eight Nathan Bonner-Evans. The big man was unstoppable off the front foot and he
carried two men over for the opening try.

Ten minutes later Bonner-Evans drove forward from another attacking scrum, the ball was shipped to Jarvis and he fed Dave
Tiueti on the charge.

The two captains square up

Again the tackle came in, but it could not stop the full-tilt Tongan from breaching the line and giving the home side a 17-0
half-time lead.

The Blue and Blacks awakened memories of their memorable quarter-final fightback against Edinburgh, though, as Richard Smith
crossed for a try at the start of the second period.

Craig Morgan looked to have kicked away a promising situation, but the ball rebounded kindly to Smith, whose score in the
corner was superbly converted by Iestyn Harris.

A Harris penalty soon followed, bringing Cardiff back within a score at 17-10.

Neath flanker Steve Tandy was everywhere

The rhythm seemed to have left the All Blacks' game, until a powerful driving line out saw quality ball delivered back to
Jarvis.

He dummied a drop goal, side-stepped and sprinted over for a converted try against his old club.

Neath regained their poise and control for the rest of the game and it was unsurprisingly another forward-moving scrum that set up the final try for wing Gareth Morris.